Elaine Bunting

Team Stelmar ‘may retire’

Global Challenge crew is likely to retire from racing and make best speed to New Zealand after landing injured crewman

Slowly does it

Tradewinds elude the ARC in one of the slowest crossings of recent years

How you can help Nick Moloney's Vendée quest to raise money for cancer sufferers

Vendée safety net opens out

The Vendee Globe organisers don't take a view on the integrity of major repairs, but they are concerned about the spread of the fleet. Race officer David Adams talks to…

After just three weeks the fleet has been scattered. What hopes now for 'the Britpack'?

Could a decision to add new waypoints for the Vendee Globe spell the end of fleet races going into the Southern Ocean proper?

Tears as the skippers say their final goodbyes, and Mike Golding gets the biggest send-off

Vincent Riou leads the pack as the Vendée Globe gets off to a slow-motion start

The heat is back on as the Global Challenge leaders regroup - but what's going on at the back of the fleet?

Global Challenge fleet starts to converge on the road to the Doldrums. We look at what lies ahead

West pays for Global Challenge yachts, and water poses a problem for Save the Children

Temperatures rising

Freeing winds are about to mark a change in the tactics and preoccupations of the Global Challenge fleet

An exciting and clean start for the 12 yachts as they beat out of the Solent

Sir Chay has given the Global Challenge crew some timely advice

Gale force start?

A bumpy but exciting start is in the offing for the Global Challenge